Letter, April 19th and 20th, 1865 : Hilton Head, S.C. [to] Sarah Marston.

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Letter, April 19th and 20th, 1865 : Hilton Head, S.C. [to] Sarah Marston.

Marston writes to his wife, Sarah, about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and his promotion to Lt. Col.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Marston, Oliver H.

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Oliver H. Marston was a Union soldier in the 14th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He was born in Sandwich, N.H. and enlisted on Aug. 14, 1862. After the war he lived in Stoneham, Mass. and died in 1911. From the description of Letter, April 19th and 20th, 1865 : Hilton Head, S.C. [to] Sarah Marston. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 214954780 ...

Marston, Sarah.

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